As the once proudly classically liberal Economist morphs into progressive liberalism, we are seeing more of this sort of nonsense:
A paper in the January issue of the Accounting Review suggests ... that the companies which do the most CSR also make the most strenuous efforts to avoid paying tax—and that those with a high CSR score also spend more lobbying on tax.
Surely CSR depends on the idea that firms have an obligation to society, not just to shareholders? And surely the most basic obligation to society is to pay the taxes that support the poor and vulnerable?
Piffle. Since they say a picture is worth 1000 words, suffice it to say that: